Feel free to ask her questions via Twitter or email her at lmcgaughy@dallasnews.com. The bill, Senate Bill 6, would prohibit transgender people from using the bathrooms, changing rooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity in public schools, universities and government buildings.

The bill would also invalidate city ordinances that protect a transgender person's right to access to bathroom of their choice. The first debate on the bill last week drew more than 1,800 people to the Capitol, of which the vast majority — 86 percent — were transgender people, their friends and family who opposed the bill.